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Red European's top supporter

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tent-pole

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'top supporter' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'red european's' is the wordplay.
'red' becomes 'tent' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'european' becomes 'pole' (Pole is an example).
'tent'+'pole'='TENT-POLE'

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(Other definitions for tent-pole that I've seen before include "Canvas supporter" , "Support for canvas" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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